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Come enjoy this St Patrick’s

Day in the relaxed and friendly

atmosphere of Crackers’ Lounge,

the ONLY place in Alice with

Guinness on Tap all year round.

With Irish specials on food and

beverage, along with

festive give-aways

CRACKERS’ LOUNGE

Crackers’ Lounge 21 Hartley St, Alice Springs

08 8953 5895

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A Centralian Advocate Advertising Feature

St PATRICK’S DAY

Rob Ward, Brad James, Jess Lowe and Robbie Patterson enjoyed the 2011 St Pats Day atLasseters Hotel Casino

Live Juicy IrishLASSETERS is turning greenthis St Patrick’s Day with awhole weekend of Irish funplanned.

The weekend kicks off todaywith a live Celtic duo performingfrom 5pm on the deck at ThankGod It’s Juicy Friday.

Your favourite Irish foods willbe available both tomorrow andSunday from 10am through to10pm.

This includes an all-day Irishbig brekky fry-up with blackpudding, beef and Guinness pie,home-cooked Irish stew withlashings of mashed potatoes —and for the sweet tooths, asteaming hot whisky chocolatepudding with baileys creamsauce and Irish coffee.

Wash it all down with $5G u i n n e s s a n d B u l m e r sschooners all weekend.

Tomorrow is the official cele-bration of St Patrick himself andthe Juicy Rump will again behost to the biggest St Patrick’sparty in the Alice.

The party kicks off at 8pmwith live band The SmashingPotatoes belting out traditionalIrish tunes including The WildRover, The Irishman plus classichits from Irish artists such asVan Morrison.

The band will be fronted byAlice Springs’s folk sweetheartDom Costello singing and per-forming on her acoustic guitar,banjo and mandolin.

She will be supported by Bris-bane’s Irish bluegrass fiddlerextraordinaire George Jackson,session bassist Kenny Glaze androck metal power-ballad drum-mer Tim Mariner.

Expect a fantastic three-hour

Celtic-inspired set from thisfour-piece band.

Dress to the green theme towin more than $300 in best-dressed prizes so expect to seeflame-haired leprechauns, ladylucks and groups of green party-goers.

Sunday will be a recovery sess-ion with the all-day brekky andIrish menu, hair-of-the dogschooner specials and live Celticmusic from 3pm.

In the Casino will be the Cashor Car give away between 3pmand 5pm where you could win anentry for the $15,000 cash or$26,000 car prize.

For more detai ls vis it

lhc.com.au and like us on

Facebook.

In the spirit of the patron saintST Patrick’s Day is anIrish cultural holidaycelebrated each year onMarch 17, commemor-ating the death of Ire-land’s patron saint.

It was made an offic-ial holiday in the early17th century and, out-side Ireland, has be-come a celebration ofIrish culture in general.

Today it is most popu-larly characterised bythe attendance ofchurch services, thewearing of green attireand the drinking of al-cohol — and is probablythe most widely cel-ebrated Saints’ day inthe world.

A public holiday inthe Republic of Irelandand Northern Ireland,

St Patrick’s Day is alsowidely celebrated by theIrish Diaspora a groupof emigrants and theirdescendants living out-side of Ireland in coun-tries such as the UK,the USA and Australia.

The Diaspora con-tains more than 80 mill-ion people — more than13 times the populationIreland itself.

It has been estimatedthat around 35 per centof today’s Australiancitizens have Irish an-cestry.

Many historians havecited that the Irish havemade a significant con-tribution to the devel-opment of Australiaand the Australianidentity.

Whether you’re ofgenuine Irish descentor just curious to feelthe green blood runthrough your veins for aday, head down toAnnie’s Place this Sat-urday.

Alice’s friendliestbackpackers and barwill be entertaining allwith live music anddancing.

Not to mention, you’llbe able to fill yourselfsilly with $5 traditionalIrish meals, which youcan wash down with $5cans of Guinness.

Also, expect to seespecials on Baileys andJameson’s, plus theworld-famous BabyGuinness shots.

Another advantage,

Annie’s has ‘‘cruelly’’decided to dress theirstaff in some ridiculousoutfits, so you won’t beshort of a laugh or two.

In addition there willbe some awesome give-aways on the day.

The festivities will bestarting from 1pm androlling right throughinto the wee hours.

Finally, the Annie’sPlace staff have a mess-age for all of their Irishfriends for this Satur-day ‘‘La Padric HonaDuit’’ (Happy Paddy’sDay) and ‘‘Teigh sios godti Annie’s Place leheigh t-aim mhait’’(Come down to Annie’sPlace for a great time).

By Isobel Clarke

Celebrate at Alice’s newest venueIRISH eyes are alwayssmiling when they headin t o t h e recent lyo p e n e d C r a c k e r s ’Lounge at 21 HartleyStreet.

It is the only place inAlice Springs that hasGuinness on tap all-year round.

The inner-Alice barhas been trading thisweek and has its officialopening today.

Managing directorCraig Sawyer said:‘‘Come and enjoy thisSt Patrick’s Day in therelaxed and friendly at-mosphere of Crackers’Lounge.

‘‘We have taken overthis business with aview to providing Alicewith the best service.

‘‘We will be offering awide range of wines andcold beers, especially for

people after work, andmeals for lunch anddinner. We will havemain meals, a tapas-style menu and dessertsthat include cakes.There will be a wideselection.’’

As a special treat forSt Patrick’s Day therewill be Irish specials onfood and beverage,along with festive give-aways.

Mr Sawyer said AliceSprings deserved serv-ices of the highest stan-dard. He said: ‘‘I havelived in this town formore than seven yearsand I believe I knowwhat people want.’’

Head into Crackers’Lounge for St Patrick’sDay and experiencehow this is being ach-ieved. Crackers’ Loungeis open every day fromnoon to 9pm.